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Author:

Theoharis, Jeanne.

Title:

The rebellious life of Mrs. Rosa Parks / Jeanne Theoharis.

Edition:

Center Point large print ed.

Publisher:

Center Point Large Print,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

543 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Parks, Rosa,--1913-2005.
Large type books.
African American women civil rights workers--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
Civil rights workers--Montgomery--Montgomery--Biography.
African Americans--History--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century.
Segregation in transportation--Montgomery--Montgomery--History--20th century.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Race relations.
Montgomery (Ala.)--Biography.

Notes:

Originally published: 2012. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

National honor, public mythology : the passing of Rosa Parks -- "A life history of being rebellious" : the early years of Rosa McCauley Parks -- "It was very difficult to keep going when all our work seemed to be in vain" : the Civil Rights movement before the Bus Boycott -- "I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed" : Rosa Parks's bus stand -- "There lived a great people" : the Montgomery Bus Boycott -- "It is fine to be a heroine but the price is high" : the suffering of Rosa Parks -- "The Northern promised land that wasn't" : Rosa Parks and the Black Freedom struggle in Detroit -- "Any move to show we are dissatisfied" : Mrs. Parks in the Black Power era -- "Racism is still alive" : negotiating the politics of being a symbol.

Summary:

The definitive political biography of Rosa Parks examines her six decades of activism, challenging perceptions of her as an accidental actor in the civil rights movement and presenting a corrective to the popular notion of Rosa Parks.

ISBN:

1611736765
9781611736762 (hc.)

LCCN:

2012045317

Locations:

JLPF081 -- Ericson Public Library (Boone)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

CMPE792 -- Drake Community Library (Grinnell)

TKPE492 -- Maquoketa Public Library (Maquoketa)

BVPE851 -- Nevada Public Library (Nevada)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

BJPD251 -- Waukee Public Library (Waukee)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

TBPD706 -- Wilton Public Library (Wilton)